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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172221 | Device for the separation of a sheet product Apparatus for continuous singling of stacks of loose sheet material, in particular bank notes, vouchers, checks, separation cards, etc., includes a singler for singling stacks of loose sheet material and a feeding device which moves stacks of loose sheet material to... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7389983 | Input unit of a letter sorting system and method for loading the input unit The present invention relates to an input unit of a letter sorting system which comprises separable first and second conveyor lines. The first line is positioned proximate to an isolating device which processes letters. The first line comprises a conveyor surface an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 6994200 | Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit into a plural... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978996 | Flat printing material-processing machine with an auxiliary pile carrier A machine for processing flat printing material, in particular a sheet processing rotary printing press, includes at least one processing station in the form of a printing unit, a feeder for loading the processing station with sheets of the printing material, a deli... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6938976 | Printer and method therefor adapted to sense data uniquely associated with a consumable loaded into the printer An inkjet printer adapted to sense type of supplied consumable receiver media, inks, printhead, and cleaning fluid. A transponder attached to a consumable is coupled to a memory device capable of storing information characteristic of the consumable. A transceiver is... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6749193 | Device and method for loading the input unit of a letter sorting system The invention relates to a device and a method for loading the input unit of a letter sorting system with letters that are stood on their edges. The device comprises of at least one stack receiving device which is located on a carriage and which can receive a stack ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6676364 | Stack changing device On stack changing, in a sheet feeder, a remaining-stack carrying device (3) is used, of which the remaining-stack bars (7A, 7B) can be pulled in a staggered manner. For better access, a U-shaped mounting (6) is provided, in which the pull drives (11) of t... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6601687 | Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles A currency handling device for rapidly processing a plurality of currency bills comprises an input receptacle adapted to receive the currency bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles adapted to receive the bills after the bills have been p... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6588569 | Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit in... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6547512 | Stack changing device A remaining-stack carrying device (3) in a sheet feeder (2) is used in non-stop stack changing. The remaining-stack carrying device (3) is integrated into the stack feeder (2) to simplify retrofitting. A remaining-stack lifting gear (5) uses the lifting e... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547513 | Stack changing device In a stack changing device, on a sheet feeder the remaining stack bars (7A, 7B) are pulled from the stack area, out-of-line in relation to each other. For improved stack joining, the inner remaining stack bars (7A, 7B) are each pulled more slowly than the... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543762 | Magazine for feeding flattened containers to a filling machine A composite magazine for feeding to a filling or packaging machine pre-formed and flattened containers includes a main magazine suitably inclined in which the containers are piled up. The main magazine includes a long upper back portion which can be opene... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6398000 | Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles An apparatus for transferring a plurality of documents from a first compartment to a second compartment. The apparatus comprises a plunger assembly having a paddle adapted to contact the documents, and at least one outwardly extending arm hingedly connect... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6334610 | Leaf transfer mechanism unit A leaf transfer mechanism unit, to be incorporated in general in an automatic teller machine, defines a leaf reception room between a pickup roller and a partition member. Behind the partition member, a leaf delivery room is defined between the partition ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332609 | Feed paper apparatus and image forming apparatus This invention is made to prevent the user from re-setting paper by effecting a process for pushing a sheave of sheets of paper by a transferring guide towards the paper feeding side if setting of paper of a tandem type LCF is not correctly effected and w... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6227533 | Multi-functional sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding device that may be constructed using a first tray mounted in a frame and biased by an elastic member to bring the paper stacked on the first tray into engagement with a pickup roller. A finger is pivotally attached to the frame to force th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224320 | Device for guiding vertically movable sheet pile carriers A device for guiding vertically movable sheet pile carriers for receiving thereon sheets of a substantially horizontally oriented, continuous stream of sheets including a pile lifter having a main pile support and an auxiliary pile support displaceable ba... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6209863 | Stack changing device A sheet stack changing device for a sheet processing machine having a main stack lifting mechanism and a remaining-stack carrying device. The remaining-stack carrying device has bars for temporarily holding a remaining stack, a drive mechanism for moving ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6142463 | Lifting drive system for an automatic pile changing device A lifting device for an automatic pile changing device of a sheet-processing machine, in particular for a sheet-fed offset printing machine with a non-stop feeder, having a main pile-carrying assembly and an auxiliary pile-carrying assembly which can be r... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6123329 | Paper feeder and paper tray elevation device therefor A paper feeder for feeding papers to an image forming apparatus and a paper tray elevation device therefore are disclosed. A first tray is movable up and down with a plurality of papers stacked thereon. A paper feed member feeds the papers from the first ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6000691 | Device for lifting of paper sheet stack to the loading head of a printing machine Device for lifting of a paper sheet stack to a loading head of a printing machine where the paper sheets are deposited in a stack and taken off from at its top. The device is provided with a NON-STOP loader with a supporting grillage (6) formed of bars an... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5829742 | In-feed magazine apparatus and method for loading documents An in-feed magazine apparatus for loading documents includes a magazine feed ramp having one or more document conveyor belts disposed along a bottom surface, the belts being arranged to engage the bottom boundary of the documents. The conveyer belts are c... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5813670 | Device and method for receiving, and for lifting and lowering a laterally alignable pile board A pile board receiver of a pile lifting device comprising pivotal entrainer hooks having respective pivot points from which the entrainer hooks extend downwardly, the entrainer hooks being vertically guidable and being pivotable in a direction towards a l... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5727924 | Pallet construction for automated stack processing A pallet construction for use in conjunction with transport apparatus in a sheet-processing system includes spaced grooves adapted to receive automated insertion apparatus. The pallet construction includes webs separated by spaced grooves disposed to rece... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5626335 | Vertical lift system for delivering sheets in stacks A system for continuously delivering sheets which are provided in successive discrete stacks includes a stack infeed conveyor which includes a cushioned upper holddown belt synchronized to operate with a lower supporting infeed conveyor and to provide sta... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5538238 | Sheet-feed for printing presses A sheet feed for printing presses, in particular for offset presses, has a pile table located between feed side walls. The pile table receives a pile of sheets thereon and it is vertically movable with a main pile lifter. An auxiliary pile lift is provide... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5529456 | Device for uniting a residue sheet pile and a main sheet pile A device for uniting a residue sheet pile and a main sheet pile into an aggregate sheet pile wherein a lowermost sheet of the residue sheet pile rests upon and uppermost sheet of the main sheet pile includes a displacement device having a drive; and a rak... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5494275 | Cloth piece supply apparatus and method A cloth pick-up apparatus is used which comprises pressing mechanism for a pressing one end of the top cloth piece from the upper side, a catch roller having on a part of its circumferential surface catch needles and movable toward and away from the other... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5338020 | Device for aligning a sheet pile A device for aligning a sheet pile in a sheet feeder of a sheet processing machine feedable with sheets therefrom having a front stop provided for a first lateral face of the sheet pile facing towards the machine includes a horizontal stop rail coordinate... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5303911 | Device for uniting a residual pile of sheets and a main pile of sheets A device for uniting a residual and a main pile of sheets in a pile zone of a sheet feeder to form an aggregate pile wherein an uppermost sheet of the main pile has been brought into contact with a lowermost sheet of the residual pile, includes a rake for... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5242261 | Device for uniting a residual pile of sheets and a main pile of sheets A device for uniting residual sheet pile and a main sheet pile into an aggregate pile, wherein a lowermost sheet of the residual sheet pile rests on an uppermost sheet of the main sheet pile, includes a pile-carrying plate having a horizontally oriented u... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5116041 | Sheet feeder having an auxiliary pipe for non-stop operation A sheet feeder having an auxiliary pile supporting device for non-stop operation includes a removable auxiliary pile support of given thickness on which an auxiliary pile of sheets are supported above a liftable main sheet pile with which it is joinable. ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5102112 | Paper feeding device for image forming equipment A paper feeding device for image forming equipment effectively uses the space available in the equipment and thereby accommodates a greater number of paper sheets in successive paper storing stages without the equipment being increased in height. A first ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5096372 | Paper feeding/piling apparatus for sheet-fed press A paper feeding/piling apparatus for a sheet-fed press includes a fork reciprocating unit, a fork unit lifting unit, and a piling/conveying unit. The fork reciprocating unit includes a fork support table supported between a pair of vertically movable righ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5085421 | Dual bin paper feed tray for an image reproduction machine such as a printer or copier A dual bin paper feed tray is removably insertable into the standard height tray-receiving housing opening of an image reproduction machine such as a printer or copier. The tray has adjacent front and rear paper holding bin areas each configured to hold a... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5044877 | Magazine for storing and feeding flat articles to be unstacked The magazine has slats for advancing flat articles to an unstacking head. The magazine comprises a first zone into which articles are loaded and along which they are advanced by removable slats, which slats are individually mounted in the first zone, bein... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4703924 | Sheet feeding apparatus with mechanical pile retraction In order to achieve a mechanical retraction of piles in a sheet feeding apparatus with a lifting table, the lifting table can be lowered to the level of the floor and serves to take up, one at a time, a pile supporting surface loaded with a pile of sheets... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4660820 | Paper feeding apparatus for a copying machine/printer A modular sheet feeding apparatus for connection to a copying machine is disclosed in which a series of tables are mounted as a group and individually positioned for sheet feeding into a copier main frame. The modular apparatus can either include its own ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4640655 | Continuous feeding apparatus Apparatus for continuously feeding objects from the top of tiered loads includes in a preferred embodiment a hoist pivotable at its base to receive a first tiered load and then hoist the load upwardly along an angular load path. Extendable skids are mount... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4570920 | Sheet paper attracting system A paper sheet attracting system includes a suction air casing and a paper sheet attracting unit which has a bottom wall provided with a plurality of air intake openings. The paper sheet attracting unit is slidably connected to the suction air casing via a... | 02/18/1986 |
